Apple lowers employee AI spending caps, with some teams' daily limits potentially dropping to $100.

Apple has cut the daily AI spending cap for some engineers from $300 to $200 and plans to lower it to $100 for certain engineering teams, with several non-engineering departments already at the $100 level, according to a report citing unnamed sources. The move reflects a broader push by major technology companies to rein in internal AI costs: Microsoft has tightened its own AI spending limits, Tesla caps employee AI spending at $200 per week, Uber limits individual AI coding tool usage to $1,500 per month, and Meta has introduced token budgets while encouraging staff to use its in-house AI tools. The cutbacks matter because they signal that even the largest AI adopters are treating model usage as a cost line to be managed, which could shape demand for third-party AI providers. What to watch next is whether other large enterprises follow with similar per-employee caps and whether Apple's internal limits extend to its own AI features and developer tools.